title: [Base activity of glycogen phosphorylase b in human serum. Study of reference and discrimination values].
abstract: Serum glycogen phosphorylase activity as one of the sensitive indicators for the diagnosis of acute heart infarction was determined at 216 healthy probands using a standardized fluorometric procedure with a detection range from 0.03 to 6 nmol/s x l serum. Basal activity was averaged at 1.22 +/- 0.39 nmol/s x l serum with a confidence interval of C.I.95 1.168 ... 1.272. Due to the estimated Gaussian distribution of the individual activity values (n = 216) the reference range was calculated from 0.5 to 2.0 nkat/l (2.5- to 97.5-percentile, respectively), the latter one being equal to the reference value of the glycogen phosphorylase activity in healthy human beings. The reference value was found to be independent of age (16-65 years) and sex. Using the discrimination value for serum glycogen phosphorylase activity at 3 nkat/l serum two groups of patients suffering either from acute myocardial infarction (n = 79) or chronic ischemic heart disease (n = 92) were separated with a diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of 0.91 and 0.93, respectively, of this diagnostic tool.
authors.affiliation: Zentralinstitut für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung, Akademie der Wissenschaften, DDR, Berlin-Buch.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rabitzsch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schache
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schache
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lembcke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Onnen
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005470:Fluorometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006005:Phosphorylases / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D006005:Phosphorylases
vernacular_title: Basalaktivität der Glycogenphosphorylase b im menschlichen Serum. Referenz- und Diskriminationswert-Studie.